Nut-lock.



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UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERTSON, OF PARIS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OE ONE- HALF TO AROHIE N. RODGERS, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

NUT-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 785,919, dated March 28, 1905. Application filed May 20, 1904. Serial No. 208,922,

To n/ZZ 1077.071?, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE FRANCIS RoB- ERTsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Nut- Lock, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nut-locks.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, readily-applied, and exceedingly simple form of nut-lock adapted more particularly for holding in position the nuts employed in securing the handles or drawer-pulls of bureaus, washstands, and other articles of furniture in position and which shall be capable of locking a nut disposed flush with the surface of the drawer or one sunk below the surface thereof.

With the above and other objects in View, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a nut-lock, as will be hereinafter fully described 'and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts, there are illustrated two forms of embodiment of the invention, each capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being' understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings- Figure 1 is a View in plan of a portion of a furniture-drawer, exhibiting the nut-lock of the present invention combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through the drawer or part to which the nut-lock is secured. Fig. 3 is a view in plan of a slightly-modified form of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a View in vertical longitudinal sec-` tion through the drawer or part to which the nut-lock is secured and exhibiting the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings and to Figs. 1

and 2 thereof, I) designates a part of a drawer to which the present invention is combined. The nut-lock embodies a supporting-plate 1 and a locking-plate 2, pivotally connected to one end of the supporting-plate at 3. The

plate 1 is provided with a plurality of openings to receive screws 4, by which it is attached to the drawer or other object, and is capable of being secured in variable relation to the position of the nut, thereby to render the locking-plate capable of Coaction with the nut 5 irrespective of the angle occupied by its faces. As clearly shown in Fig. 2, both of the plates are fiat, and the locking-plate 2 is provided at its free end with a plurality of faces 6, adapted to engage with the faces of the nut, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the supporting-plate is constructed in the same manner as shown` in Fig. l; but the locking-plate 7 is provided with an offset or depressed terminal 8, having a plurality of faces to engage the nut, as shown in Fig. 1. By providing the lockingplate with an offset, as described, the nut-lock is adapted for use on liner grades of furniture, wherein the nut will be disposed in a depression or socket 9 and lie flush with the inner side of the drawer, thereby to obviate the presentation of obstructions which are objectionable.

It Will be seen from the foregoing description that by the manner of constructing the nut-lock a positive locking of the nut may be effected irrespective of the position its faces occupy relatively to the locking-plate, this being effected by having the supporting-plate so constructed that it may be secured in variable relation to the position of the nut.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A nut-lock consisting of asupportingplate adapted to be secured in variable relation to the position of the nut, and a lockingplate pivoted thereto and having a plurality of faces adapted to engage the nut.

Q. A nut-lock consisting of a supportingl my own I have hereto alxed my signature in plate adapted to be seelured in valriallelrelathe presence of two Witnesses. tion to tie position of t 1e nut, anc a oc {ingplate pivoted thereto and having' a depressed GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERTSON 5 extremity provided with a plurality of faces Witnesses:

adapted to engage the nut. G. W. BLAKENEY, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J. WASI-I. BIARD. 

